Charles Primerano

Charles Primerano

Charles Primerano is proud to be an active member of Philadelphia’s playwriting community, and is a Dramatists Guild Ambassador for the Philadelphia Region. He formerly served as a co-moderator at the PDC Playwrights’ Happy Hour, and as a board member of the Philadelphia Dramatists Center. He is a former member of the Playwrights Unit at Syracuse Stage. He is the author of seven full-length plays and five full...
Charles Primerano is proud to be an active member of Philadelphia’s playwriting community, and is a Dramatists Guild Ambassador for the Philadelphia Region. He formerly served as a co-moderator at the PDC Playwrights’ Happy Hour, and as a board member of the Philadelphia Dramatists Center. He is a former member of the Playwrights Unit at Syracuse Stage. He is the author of seven full-length plays and five full-length screenplays. He has worked professionally as a scriptwriter and as a writer of a wide range of documents and materials. He served as communications director on multiple political campaigns and was editor and contributor of a bi-weekly newspaper op-ed column.

He and his wife Sharon live in in Narberth, PA .

Plays

  • Guitar Hero by Charles Primerano
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: New Orleans, blues + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: New Orleans, blues, music industry, addiction, Recovery, adult child with aging parent, fame, Hurricane Katrina
    A world famous blues guitarist tries to help a lesser known blues guitarist rebuild his life in the aftermath
    of Katrina in New Orleans.
  • East Genesee Street by Charles Primerano
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: Great Depression, Syracuse + 5 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: Great Depression, Syracuse, Central New York, alcoholism, prohibition, self-help books, mental illness
    In 1932, as the Great Depression tightens its grip, Ned Beekman is living alone in a one-room apartment in Syracuse, New York. Ned’s brother-in-law Ben Davenport, is helping Ned try to get back on his feet and reunited with Ned’s wife and son. Ned strikes up a friendship with Annette Tunney, a fellow tenant, which provokes both concern and relief from Annette’s mother Carol, who senses a romantic attachment...
    In 1932, as the Great Depression tightens its grip, Ned Beekman is living alone in a one-room apartment in Syracuse, New York. Ned’s brother-in-law Ben Davenport, is helping Ned try to get back on his feet and reunited with Ned’s wife and son. Ned strikes up a friendship with Annette Tunney, a fellow tenant, which provokes both concern and relief from Annette’s mother Carol, who senses a romantic attachment forming from this friendship.